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Postby 4TEAZN » Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:04 pm

hey all, when i went for a wof the other day they said my back brakes in my hilux are working too high because its lowered 2 inches so its tricking the sensor into thinkin it has weight on the deck when it doesnt , anyone have any idea of how to fix this? im guessin it happens to all lowered hiluxs?
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Postby Lloyd » Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:16 pm

Trim the spring at a guess
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Postby matt dunn » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:42 pm

Bend the arm from the deck to the proportioning valve.
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Postby 4TEAZN » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:06 pm

cheers for that.
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Postby RomanV » Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:03 pm

How do these types of proportioning valves work?

Could you use one as an adjustable front/rear brake bias on other cars?
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Postby matt dunn » Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:14 pm

RomanV wrote:How do these types of proportioning valves work?

Could you use one as an adjustable front/rear brake bias on other cars?


you could but it's a bit rangi.

we used one on our old celica race car so it does work.
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